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Gap down on Microsoft
On Microsoft the gap down showed up 182 times. The target came first 36% of the time, the stop 62%, and 2% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on Microsoft: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 74 | 32% | 66% | 1% |
| Hourly | 108 | 39% | 59% | 2% |
Microsoft against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | 182 | 36% | 62% | 2% |
| All US stock market charts | 4,695 | 36% | 61% | 3% |
| Every market | 10,856 | 36% | 61% | 4% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Target first | Stop first |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 9 | 33% | 67% |
| 2018 | 5 | 40% | 60% |
| 2020 | 11 | 9% | 91% |
| 2021 | 10 | 40% | 60% |
| 2022 | 11 | 64% | 36% |
| 2024 | 12 | 25% | 67% |
| 2025 | 60 | 37% | 62% |
| 2026 | 59 | 41% | 58% |
The last 8 times
- 16 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 7 candles
- 15 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · target first after 7 candles
- 10 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
- 8 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 7 candles
- 1 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · target first after 7 candles
- 1 Sep 2026 · daily · stop first after 2 candles
- 26 Aug 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 6 candles
- 17 Aug 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · target first after 7 candles
Counted by the Trading Class research engine on real past candles: entry at the signal candle's close, target 1.5 × ATR(14), stop 1 × ATR(14), 12 candles to decide, a candle that touches both counts as the stop. How we count. Past data, not a forecast and not advice.
What the gap down is
Price opened below the previous candle's low. It jumped down between the two candles.
Imagine a shop that shuts at night. While it is closed, bad news spreads about a toy, so when the shop opens, the very first price is already below anything paid the day before. On a chart, a candle that starts below the bottom of the candle before it is called a gap down.
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Other patterns on Microsoft
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Spinning top · Stochastic bullish cross · MACD bearish cross · Gap up · Volume profile bounce · Doji · RSI overbought drop · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · all of them
The gap down elsewhere
Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nasdaq 100 · Alibaba · Tesla · Broadcom · Oracle · Nvidia · Meta · Intel · Sensex · Nifty 50 · Nikkei 225 · Sony
Questions
How often does the gap down work on Microsoft?
In 182 cases on Microsoft, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 36% of the time and the stop came first 62%; 2% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the gap down?
Price opened below the previous candle's low. It jumped down between the two candles.